The second contestant was eliminated from the Super 9 on Wednesday's episode of The Masked Singer, and this time it was Kangaroo who got the boot. To the surprise of all the judges except one, the Kangaroo was revealed to be Jordyn Woods.
The star on Life of Kylie and actress from the Freeform show Grown-ish, Woods was the one of the more difficult identities to predict. Though it was once considered to be either her or former American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, our Julie Fallo was able to figure out the clues before Woods' final episode. Kangaroo revealed that there were rumors in which she had been vilified, having a negative effect on her. This was referring to Woods and her tiff with the Kardashians over cheating allegations. The other clues that led to Woods were the mention of the loss of a family member and the comparisons to fellow front-tooth gapped celebrities Seal and Mike Tyson. Woods had a good run, outlasting White Tiger, who, unsurprisingly, was the erstwhile Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. Ultimately, however, she couldn't make a strong dent in the Super 9.
When Nick Cannon took the mask off of Woods, she said to the judges, “I was shook. You guys were really off every week." The panel provided five different guesses as to who Kangaroo was. Only Jenny McCarthy snuffed out the truth. Woods said it was her first time performing on the stage in front of people. She admitted, “I was extremely nervous.”
Woods said she decided to compete on The Masked Singer because, “I just love a challenge. I felt like this was an opportunity for people to see a different side of me that not even I knew existed.” After Woods thanked the judges for their complimentary commentary, McCarthy responded, “We meant every word.” Cannon described Woods as, “Somebody who can sing like a true queen.”
The perfect contestant on The Masked Singer is someone who doesn't have an instantly recognizable singing voice or an easily detectable dialect. Furthermore, it makes it more fun when the celebrity who is cast might not be the most well-known person. Woods was a perfect casting choice, someone that people may know of, but someone who likely wasn't top of mind. She didn't end up winning The Masked Singer, but she may have a future career in this field. Let's hope she at least gets to keep the sequined boxing gloves.
The Masked Singer airs Wednesdays at 8pm EST on Fox.